Keeping a man’s wardrobe organized can be difficult. With all sorts of accessories and styles for specific events and outings, finding “that one tie” or “the missing sock” can be painstaking. There are some solutions, however. If you are helping your man keep his closet organized, here are some tips and methods to make your man’s wardrobe more manageable.

Plan His Wardrobe ArrangementWhen seeking out men’s wardrobe advice, speak first with your guy and find out what gets worn the most. He can give you insight to his daily routine, and what needs to be most accessible. Go through the closet and separate the men’s wardrobe basics from the ones that collect dust. Also be sure that all clothes that are put away are properly washed. You could even make it a project for two. The more free space you can make the better. Before you begin reorganizing, it’s best to first figure out the space you have to work with and then assign clothing accordingly. Steer clear from using plastic, as it invites mold and moisture. Once you’ve gotten an idea of where you want to put things, you may proceed to the next step.

Organizing His Socks, Ties and AccessoriesIt may be helpful to start with the smaller articles. The top drawer is a good place to store your man’s socks, underwear, handkerchiefs, etc. Keeping socks paired together and on one side of the drawer makes finding them much easier. Taking it one step further would involve sorting his work socks from the rest and keeping them to the other side, or using colored socks for dress, and white ones for casual wear.

The best way to help organize your man’s wardrobe with dress ties is to buy a tie rack. They’re relatively cheap, and for the orderliness you get when setting one up, it’s a safe bet. If you’re cost-conscious, another way to organize ties is to set aside a few hangers and drape a few ties on each. Keeping ties in a corner is a safe way not to lose them.

For tie pins, watches, rings and other jewelry, the top of a dresser serves as a fine placeholder. Nothing is easier than waking up and looking on your dresser to find small but important accessories for the day. Another accessible area is inside the sock and underwear drawer. You can place a small box with the accessories in there for safekeeping. When the man of the house wakes up and dresses for the day, it will be easy to find that little box sitting inside his chest of drawers. An added bonus to this option is that his valuables (watches, rings, tie clips, etc.) won’t be left out in the open. Headbands, sleeve guards, and knee braces might be better kept in a separate box or drawer. Another method is to place several shoe boxes together in a drawer and keep his socks in one, and his underwear in another. Being creative in using space is the key to efficient storage.

Organizing His ShirtsFirst, sort out all the different types of shirts your man owns and put them into one of three categories: athletic/recreational, casual or business. For athletic clothing, arrange together the shirts he wears when jogging, playing sports or just lying around.

Keeping shirts apart might seem like a miniscule effort, but opening a drawer and finding all the golfing shirts neatly stacked to the side is a feel-good moment. If you hang up some of the nicer sportswear in a closet or on a rack, keep it isolated, or at least so that each item is easily identified.

Casual shirts include everything in your man’s wardrobe that he wears around the house, out to eat or even to an informal party. When hanging up shirts accordingly, try using different-colored hangers to associate the shirts he’s going to be wearing with informal events such as a family reunion. Using colored hangers makes it easy to find what he needs and reduces stress when time is pressing. And for those men who aren’t exactly up-to-date on what’s fashionable, this level of organization allows women to help dress their guy responsibly and let him feel like he’s choosing his own creations (this tip can apply toward dress wear as well as casual wear).

Business shirts are a little easier, since they’re mostly hung on a rack. A great way to save space is by using the same hanger for a shirt and pants, even possibly matching up socks and a belt to what he’ll wear together for the day. If you want to go a step further, you could add a corresponding tie so that each hanger represents the day’s outfit.

Organizing His Pants: Pants also should be separated into three different categories: shorts, sweats and, again, business. Shorts should be kept in a drawer to themselves. A good motto to go by in terms of organization is that shirts and shorts should be separate.

Though there isn’t necessarily a space-saving principle behind this, if you have and keep a “shorts drawer,” you’ll have no trouble finding anything at all, and it saves a future mess when your husband is tearing through drawers looking for clean underwear or a favorite shirt.

Sweats are more of a combined mass of jeans, jogging pants, stretch pants, pajama bottoms and, of course, actual sweats. Sweats, pajamas, stretch, and jogging pants can be kept in a space together. As for the jeans, it’s best to hang those up to reduce wrinkles, since they are usually worn in public.

Business or dress pants are always hung. You can hang them separately on a divided clothes rack, if you wish, or color-code the hangers. Either way, make sure there is some room for them to breathe so the perspiration and cologne odors will be able to dissipate between washings.

Organizing His ShoesWhen organizing your man’s wardrobe, don’t forget his shoes. While it’s doubtful he has anywhere near as many as most women, men have been known to own more than a few pair. Thankfully, though, this last part is easy. Simply lining up matched pairs of shoes into a straight line or two will do, but if you’re looking for more detailed organization, buy a small shelf that can set on the floor of the closet or wardrobe, or even in a corner of the room, and keep his kicks on that. You also could try involving your man by crafting a small stand for his (and her) shoes together.

Organizing a man’s wardrobe can be much tougher than it sounds. But by putting yours and your significant other’s heads together, you’ll find that you’ll have more room, less frustration, and an overall easier time of finding what he wants to wear. Efficiency is the key. If you stay dedicated and put the effort into it, organizing a man’s wardrobe might even be fun and allow you to use your creative talents to show your love.

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